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Maria Crawford selects her must-read titles
An extract from ‘Peach Pig’, the forthcoming debut collection of the Young People’s Laureate for London
From ‘Outlandish’, the Darlington poet’s first collection
From ‘Came the Lightening’, a collection dedicated to George Harrison on the 20th anniversary of his death
Maria Crawford selects her best mid-year reads
The acclaimed poet writes specially for FTWeekend to mark the jubilee
Jeet Thayil’s selection of poems written in English is a dazzling collection vast in ambition and scope
The Vietnamese-American poet on the legacy of war, navigating grief — and turning invisibility into a superpower
Prescient words from a freed serf — born on this day, March 9, in 1814 — considered the national poet of Ukraine
From ‘Thorpeness’, this work of memory captures the rhythms of the rural English landscapes
From ‘Hurricane Watch’, the new collection by the Jamaican Poet Laureate
Filled with vivid vignettes and personal explorations, this is far from a conventional biography
The pieces connect with recurring poetic landscapes and themes in his work: the sea, voyages, women
A newly translated collection of poetry by a writer revered in her native India offers a sense of sisterhood
For the Salford-born poet, Elvis will always be ‘king’
From ‘Winter Recipes from the Collective’, the Nobel laureate’s latest collection
A new work by the English playwright, poet and essayist ahead of his forthcoming book ‘We Travelled: Essays and Poems’
From ‘Mother Muse’, the new collection by the former Jamaican Poet Laureate
Poetry is a transformative art and Armitage a silky phrasemaker but conclusions feel premature
In her teens, Heidi Seaborn was sure she would become a poet — but life got in the way. Forty years on, could she make her youthful dream a reality?
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